1958 3rd July
Stresa Agricultural Conference
Heads the government as Stresa hosts the six-country agricultural conference shaping the future Common Agricultural Policy.
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Common Agricultural Policy
The development of the EEC's shared agricultural policy and financing. This page combines historical context with 6 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database EEC archive.
Historical context
Common Agricultural Policy: overview and significance
What happened?
The Common Agricultural Policy became one of the EEC's earliest major common policies, creating shared arrangements for agricultural markets, prices and financing.
Why was it important?
CAP demonstrated the depth of economic integration possible within the Community but also generated recurring disputes about budgets, national interests and reform.
World History Database records
Common Agricultural Policy timeline
The records below are selected from the 936-record EEC and European integration archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
1958
1962
1962 January
Common Agricultural Policy Launch
Heads the Italian government as the EEC begins implementing the Common Agricultural Policy.
1962 January
Common Agricultural Policy Launch
Serves as president as Italy enters the first operational phase of the Common Agricultural Policy.
1962 30th July
Common Agricultural Policy Launch
De Gaulle strongly supported the Common Agricultural Policy as a central economic interest for France within the EEC.
1962
Agricultural Market Integration
Couve de Murville represented French interests as the EEC developed common agricultural market arrangements.
1964
1964
Community Agricultural Financing
De Gaulle pressed for stable Community financing of the Common Agricultural Policy, a major French priority.
Editorial provenance
Sources and editorial review
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database EEC records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
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